Jackson, 58, is scheduled to have his interview with Stan Van Gundy, the team’s newest head coach and president of basketball operations, shortly after the Memorial Day Weekend.

Those plugged in on the Detroit situation also believe Van Gundy will reach out to the Spurs assistant General Manager Scott Layden, if he hasn’t already done so. Otis Smith is still considered the favorite to land the Detroit role, we’re told.

In case you forgot, Jackson has a good basketball resume, including as coach of the New York Knicks and then Vancouver Grizzlies. He can handle the business side, deal with contracts and the cap, plus have some input on players.

Good basketball resume? If we’re just talking Grizz, he was terrible. I believe he flipped a future unprotected first round pick which ended up being #2 overall in 2003 to Detroit for a washed up Otis Thorpe. But you knew that right, or will this comment get “lost in translation” as well?

Jackson was one of the league suits and coached (badly) before, “therefore” is qualified to handle the business end of being a GM.

Well, at least he is for one of the “flyover” franchises, the ones the suits never want to see winning anything significant. His minority status counts just as much for promotional purposes with a designated loser as if he was with one of the glamor franchises.